A long lace for fastening boots. / A long, thin, chewy confectionery, typically with liquorice or fruit flavour.

plural of bootlace

Fastened with bootlaces.

plural of bootlace worm

Lineus longissimus, a proboscis worm with highly toxic mucus; it is one of the longest animals known.

Synonym of sea-laces (“the seaweed Chorda filum”)